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Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marta Iommelli, "Trees and Shrubs in Mesopotamian Therapeutic and Cultural Contexts"

Apr 16, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Workshop "The Visual Scribe: Tables and Diagrams in Middle Eastern Manuscripts"

Apr 10, 2025 - Apr 11, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the University of Miami, CAENO Foundation, Department of Religious Studies, Workshop "Cultural encounters in the Hellenistic era: Babylon, Greece, Egypt, and the Biblical World"

Feb 27, 2025 | 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni, “Gazing at the Sky Above Babylonia”, SASA Winter 2025 Master Class

Feb 25, 2025 | 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

4. Berliner Leseabend der toten Sprachen (LetoS)

Feb 14, 2025 | 07:00 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Tim Brandes, "The Concept of Time in Mesopotamia"

Feb 05, 2025 | 06:00 PM c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer has been elected to the board of directors of the American Society of Papyrologists

Feb 01, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Lectures for students of Astrophysics, Universität Potsdam

Jan 24, 2025 | 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Pouyan Rezvani, "Ptolemy's star catalogue in the medieval Islamic sources"

Jan 15, 2025 | 06:00 PM c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer recognised as one of brightest stars across the humanities by the Australian Academy of Humanities

Jan 14, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pillonia at the University Heidelberg, Studentische Vortragsreihe der Fachschaft Assyriologie

Dec 05, 2024 | 06:00 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Robert Middeke-Conlin, "Another day at the office: Tracking epistemic change in the minutiae of daily work-life in ancient Mesopotamia"

Dec 04, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t.

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Levente László, "The Personification of the Planets in Ancient Astrology"

Nov 27, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t.

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Jeffrey Kotyk, "The zodiac signs in East Asian mandalas"

Oct 30, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t.

ZODIAC Workshop "The Ancient Zodiac in a Cross-Cultural Perspective”

Oct 02, 2024 - Oct 04, 2024

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the conference "Medicine and the Senses in Ancient Egypt and Beyond", Università degli Studi di Udine

Sep 13, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

IAA Prize 2024 for Best First Article for ZODIAC project member Alessia Pilloni

Aug 01, 2024

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver and Marvin Schreiber, Public Lecture Freie Universität Berlin, Hinter dem Bauzaun – Schätze des Vorderasiatischen Museums neu entdeckt

Jul 16, 2024 | 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the 69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Helsinki, Finnland

Jul 10, 2024 | 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver and Caroline Waerzeggers ath the 69th Recontre Assyriologique Internationale, Helsinki, Paris

Jul 10, 2024 | 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe at the 69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Helsinki, Finnland

Jul 09, 2024 | 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds

Jul 01, 2024

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Egyptology for Andreas Winkler at the University of Toronto

Jul 01, 2024

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Maynooth University, Ireland, Memorial Meeting in honour of George Huxley

Jun 28, 2024

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the conference "Egitto e Vicino Oriente Antichi", University of Turin

Jun 19, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Stamatina Mastorakou (MPiWG Berlin), "Unveiling the Celestial Imagery at the 'Philosopher’s Tomb' at Pella"

Jun 12, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t. - 08:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the seminar "La Pratique des Sciences Astrales: Approaches Philologiques", CNRS Paris, Institute de recherche et d'histoire des texts

Jun 06, 2024 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Fabio Spadini at the workshop "Cosmic magic. Astronomy, astrology and Graeco-Egyptian cultural interactions", UCL Institute of Advanced Studies

Jun 04, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:10 PM

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer und Andreas Winkler auf dem Workshop "Cosmic Magic: Astronomy, Astrology, and Graeco-Egyptian Cultural Interactions. Graeco-Aegyptiaca and Ourania Network joint workshop, The Palladion, University College, London

Jun 04, 2024 | 09:30 AM - 10:40 AM

ZODIAC talk: Fabio Spadini at the Festival d'Histoire de l'Art", Fontainebleau

May 31, 2024 | 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Andreas Winkler (Freie Universität Berlin, ZODIAC Projekt) "A New Animal - the Development of the Egyptian Zodiac"

May 29, 2024 | 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Workshop "The Power of the Planets: The Social History of Astral Sciences Between East and West", Ravenna, Italy.

May 20, 2024

ZODIAC talk: Fabio Spadini at the conference "Les tablettes zodiacales de Grand: Nouvelles recherches sur les deux diptyques", ENS Paris

May 17, 2024 | 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the conference "Les tablettes zodiacales de Grand: Nouvelles recherches sur les deux diptyques", ENS Paris

May 17, 2024 | 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Andreas Winkler at the conference "Les tablettes zodiacales de Grand: Nouvelles recherches sur les deux diptyques", ENS Paris

May 17, 2024 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Thomas Peeters at the Workshop "The Impact of Digital Methods and Approaches on Ancient Studies", Berliner Antike Kolleg

May 13, 2024 | 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM

Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the University of Chicago, Neubauer Collegium, Conference: “Textual Amulets in the Mediterranean World, 1000 BCE–1000 CE”

May 10, 2024

Research Colloquium ZODIAC/ Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Ulrike Steinert (Johannes Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz), "Therapeutic Agents and Medical Knowledge in First Millennium BCE Mesopotamia: New Insights from Women's Health Care Texts (and Beyond)"

May 08, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t. - 08:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy. Lecture at the Physics Colloquium

May 06, 2024 | 04:00 PM c.t.

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Francesca Rochberg (University of California, Berkeley), "The Ontological Turn and Why We Should Be Interested"

Apr 15, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t. - 08:00 PM

ZODIAC Workshop "Astronomical computation in the pre-modern world: methods, tables, accuracy"

Apr 11, 2024 - Apr 12, 2024

ZODIAC talk: Andreas Winkler at the Universität Basel, Basler Forum für Ägyptologie

Mar 21, 2024 | 06:15 PM - 08:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Andreas Winkler at the NES Workshop "Asterisms – the relations among their verbal, numerical, and visual representations across cultures in research and public outreach", IAS - Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Feb 14, 2024 | 11:55 AM - 12:15 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the NES Workshop "Asterisms – the relations among their verbal, numerical, and visual representations across cultures in research and public outreach", IAS - Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Feb 14, 2024 | 11:55 AM - 12:15 PM

Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Wissenschaftshistorisches Kolloquium

Feb 06, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t. - 08:00 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Annette Imhausen (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), "The Conceptualization of Mathematics in Pharaonic Egypt"

Feb 05, 2024 | 04:00 PM c.t. - 06:00 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Marvin Schreiber (ZODIAC project), "The Babylonian Number Syllabaries in Context: New Evidence and Tentative Interpretation"

Jan 29, 2024 | 06:00 PM c.t. - 08:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the 5th NINO Annual Meeting "Invention and ingenuity"

Jan 25, 2024 | 02:25 PM s.t. - 02:45 PM

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the 5th NINO Annual Meeting "Invention and ingenuity"

Jan 25, 2024 | 02:00 PM s.t. - 02:20 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Mathieu Ossendrijver (ZODIAC project), "The Astronomers in Seleucid Uruk Revisited"

Jan 15, 2024 | 04:00 PM c.t. - 06:00 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC and the Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums: Frederik Bakker (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), "The Truth of Epicurus' Multiple Explanations for Celestial Phenomena"

Jan 08, 2024 | 05:00 PM c.t. - 07:00 PM